Course: Adopting Open Textbooks, Topic: Week 2: Creative Commons Licenses

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Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop

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September 23 - October 18, 2013

Week 1: What is Open? What is an Open Textbook? - September 23 - 27
Synchronous session: SCoPE Blackboard Collaborate room - September 26 10am PDT (check your time zone)

Week 2: Creative Commons Licenses September 30 - October 4

Week 3: Replacement Readiness October 7 - 11

Week 4: Find, Evaluate and Modify Open Textbooks October 14 - 18

Week 2: Creative Commons Licenses

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September 30 - October 4, 2013

Facilitator: Sylvia Currie

Topic: During this week we become familiar with creative commons licenses, learn how to apply them, and discuss how they impact future uses of resources.

Outcome:

Compare CC licenses and apply them in a variety of contexts
- ACTIVITIES
  
  View the materials posted in the resources section
  
  Participate in the "Ask Paul" one-day with an expert Q&A on 3 October
  
  Contribute your thoughts, ideas, resources, questions, jokes... to the forum discussion
  
  Complete the scenario-license matching activity
- Week 2: Creative Commons Licenses Forum
- RESOURCES
- Video: A Shared Culture URL
- A Shared Culture: In this video, some of the leading thinkers behind Creative Commons describe how the organization is helping “save the world from failed sharing” through free tools that enable creators to easily make their work available to the public for legal sharing and remix.
- Video: Creating OER and Combining Licenses URL
- Creating OER and Combining Licenses: This video is intended to help you choose compatible resources and choose a valid license for your work.
- Video: License Chooser Demo URL
- License Chooser Demo: This video guides you through the steps of using the Creative Commons License Chooser. (It is set to skip the first minute, which covers how to find the tool on the website.)
- Creative Commons - About the Licenses URL
- Creative Commons -- About the Licenses: From the Creative Commons website, this page describes what creative licenses are and what they do. From there, explore other pages under the "Licenses" tab for a complete overview.
- Article: Open Textbook Publishing URL
- Article: Open Textbook Publishing: This is Joe Moxley's story about his experiences creating the Writing Commons. It started as a textbook published by Pearson. Joe received copyright back from Pearson, and then released it as an open textbook.
- Scenario - Licenses Matching Activity Page

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Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop

Week 2: Creative Commons Licenses